A root beer, some pickled herring and a drizzle of chocolate syrup all jump into the same dish.

If that's a joke, the punchline will most likely be pretty gross, right?

Just ask Philadelphia cheese steak connoisseur Tony Luke Jr. who had the pleasure of tasting just such a concoction during an episode of his upcoming Spike TV show, "Frankenfood."

"My definition of a Frankenfood is ingredients that would normally not go together, but when you put them together, they give you an amazing taste," Luke said in a recent interview.

"Frankenfood" will hit the air waves on June 22 at 10 and 10:30 p.m. on Spike TV.

"It's a competition show for people to come and create the next great food creation — something that will trend," he said. "That's the goal."

Luke said he was approached by the show's producers to do the pilot with Chef Josh Capon, four-time winner of Rachel Ray's "Burger Bash."

"Have you ever met someone and within five minutes it feels like you've known them your entire life?" Luke said about Capon. "I'm so excited to be able to do this show with him."

Chris Rantamaki, senior vice president of original series for Spike TV who oversees production of "Frankenfood," said the concept for the show came to them from Sharp Entertainment.

"It was one that was fun and something that no one else is doing out there on TV," Rantamaki said.

For this first season of "Frankenfood," Luke and Capon traveled across the country, filming 10, half-hour episodes trying to find a revolutionary food creation.

"There will be a 'Frankenfood' kitchen at each location where contestants will come and present their creations," Luke said.

In each city, hundreds of entries will be narrowed down to 40 or 50 dishes.

Then, Luke, Capon, and a guest judge will simplify those down to between four and eight favorites, before reducing the number down further to the final two.

"Once we get to the final two, the competition is out of our hands," Luke said.

From there, the competition goes to a local restaurant where the guests make the final decision. The winning dish is placed on the restaurant's menu and the creator takes home $10,000.

"There's a champion for each city," Luke said.

After tasting hundreds of new and interesting dishes during the taping of "Frankenfood," Luke said, while there were many delicious creations, there were also some disgusting ones.

"There were a lot of different dishes that were amazing like a jalapeno pepper stuffed with mac and cheese, and rolled and breaded with cheese crackers," Luke recalled.

However he said the bratwurst sundae — yes, an ice cream sundae topped with bratwurst sausage — or the baby octopus encased in gelatin, were candidates for the Frankenfood spitter bucket.

"Which has been used quite often," he said.

So, whether they were subjected to mouth-watering or stomach-churning combos, Luke said the best part of the show was bringing fun back into the kitchen.

"What's really great and sets this show apart is, it's a competition, but it's entertainment," he said. "It's very funny and there are outrageous foods, but it's not pretentious like some other cooking shows."

Rantamaki said he hopes viewers will take away how much fun food can be and maybe even be inspired to try creating their own Frankenfood concoctions at home.

"And who knows; maybe they can try out for season two and win $10,000 and get their dish on a menu of a local restaurant," he said.

Luke also hopes the show will get people to go into the kitchen, "take their favorite foods and smash them together."

"If it's bad, spit it out and start over," he laughed. "This show will bring to life how much fun you can have in the kitchen. 'Frankenfood' truly puts the fun back in food."

On Twitter, follow Luke @tonylukejr and "Frankenfood" at @Frankenfood, and use the hashtag #Frankenfood, for updates, "crazy recipes," and "great stories of what all these dishes are."